Oregon native Christian DeBenedetti is the founder of Wolves & People Farmhouse Brewery in Newberg, Oregon, set to start production in late summer, 2015. His first book The Great American Ale Trail won the Society of American Travel Writers' Lowell Thomas Award for Best Travel Guidebook in 2012 and will be rereleased in an expanded & revised version in 2016. His upcoming book Beer Bites, a cookbook and pairing guide co-authored with Andrea Slonecker, will be released in October 2015.

We’ll Never Be Royals
Instead of the “divine right of kings” lineage that often drives the wine and spirits industries, brewing gives everybody a fair shake, at least—and, at most, a shot at glory.…
- story: Christian DeBenedetti
- illustration: Yoonhwa Jang